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48 results for composite types

Proposes a new model for clustering multiplex networks with compositional data.

problem Clustering multiplex networks with multiple types of relations and compositional data.
method Multiplex Dirichlet stochastic block model for compositional networks.
result Validated through simulation and applied to international export data.

We derive explicit valuation formulae for an exotic path-dependent interest rate derivative, namely an option on the composition of LIBOR rates. The formulae are based on Fourier transform methods for option pricing. We consider two models for the evolution of interest rates: an HJM-type forward rate model and a LIBOR-…

2009-02-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Develops methods for causal inference in compositional data using instrumental variables.

problem Interpreting summary statistics like diversity indices as causal effects in compositional data.
method Statistical data transformations and regression techniques tailored for compositional data.
result Advantages and limitations of the proposed methods demonstrated on synthetic and real microbiome data.

Connected sum and trivalent vertex sum are natural operations on genus 2 spatial graphs and, as with knots, tunnel number behaves in interesting ways under these operations. We prove sharp Scharlemann-Schultens type bounds for the tunnel number of a composite genus 2 spatial graph. For the tunnel number of a composite …

2019-12-18abs ↗pdf ↗

New samplers improve compositional generation with diffusion models.

problem Improving compositional generation with diffusion models.
method Score-based interpretation, energy-based parameterization, Metropolis-corrected samplers.
result New samplers enable successful compositional generation across various tasks.

Study causal effects on humans in mixed human-AI systems with unobserved unit types.

problem Estimating causal effects on humans in systems with unobserved unit types and interaction networks.
method Assumed human-AI prior, causal message passing (CMP) framework, subpopulation analysis.
result Consistently recover human-specific causal effects using subpopulations with varying expected human composition and treatment exposure.

Let KK be a tunnel number two knot. Then, by considering the (g,b)(g, b)-decompositions, KK is one of (3, 0)-, (2, 1)-, (1, 2)- or (0, 3)-knots. In the present paper, we analyze the connected sum summands of composite tunnel number two knots and give a complete table of those summands from the point of view of (g,b)(g, b)-…

2014-09-03abs ↗pdf ↗

A folded type model is developed for analyzing compositional data. The proposed model involves an extension of the αα-transformation for compositional data and provides a new and flexible class of distributions for modeling data defined on the simplex sample space. Despite its rather seemingly complex structure, emplo…

2018-02-20abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies neural network operators and their convergence properties.

problem Understanding the approximation and convergence of neural network operators.
method Proves density results, convergence estimates, and Voronovskaya-type theorems.
result Establishes quantitative convergence estimates and derives Voronovskaya-type theorems.

Several formulas for computing coarse indices of twisted Dirac type operators are introduced. One type of such formulas is by composition product in EE-theory. The other type is by module multiplications in KK-theory, which also yields an index theoretic interpretation of the duality between Roe algebra and stable Hi…

2016-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

New algorithm solves complex optimization problems without needing projections.

problem Optimizing nested functions under convex constraints with noisy evaluations.
method Projection-free conditional gradient-type algorithm for smooth stochastic multi-level composition optimization.
result The algorithm achieves εε-stationary solutions with complexity bounds independent of εε and TT.

Network embedding has proved extremely useful in a variety of network analysis tasks such as node classification, link prediction, and network visualization. Almost all the existing network embedding methods learn to map the node IDs to their corresponding node embeddings. This design principle, however, hinders the ex…

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

We define composite DAHA-superpolynomials of torus knots, depending on pairs of Young diagrams and generalizing the composite HOMFLY-PT polynomials in the theory of the skein of the annulus. We provide various examples. Our superpolynomials extend the DAHA-Jones (refined) polynomials and satisfy all standard symmetries…

2015-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

New infinite-type loxodromic elements found in surface mapping classes.

problem Identifying infinite-type loxodromic elements in mapping classes of surfaces.
method Constructing infinite families of mapping classes acting loxodromically on the relative arc graph.
result Explicit construction and characterization of infinite-type loxodromic elements.

Donor-aware scRNA-seq benchmarks improve classification accuracy in inflammatory bowel disease.

problem Influenza disease classification from scRNA-seq data is prone to donor-level confounding.
method Developed and evaluated three feature representations across two IBD cohorts.
result Compartment-stratified CLR composition and GatedStructuralCFN embeddings outperform linear models in classification accuracy.

In this paper we construct proper biharmonic submanifolds into various types of ellipsoids. We also prove, in this context, some useful composition properties which can be used to produce large families of new proper biharmonic immersions.

2013-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces a new index to measure financial and workplace resilience of firms.

problem Corporate resilience and its types in turbulent markets.
method Quantitative analysis of earnings expectations and implied discount rates.
result Evidence of workplace resilience amplification by financial status in the COVID-19 era.

New financial ratios using compositional data improve analysis of firm health.

problem Statistical issues with standard financial ratios, especially skewness and outliers.
method Compositional data (CoDa) methodology to analyze financial statements.
result Outliers and skewness reduced, results invariant to numerator and denominator permutation.

We generalize Newton-type methods for minimizing smooth functions to handle a sum of two convex functions: a smooth function and a nonsmooth function with a simple proximal mapping. We show that the resulting proximal Newton-type methods inherit the desirable convergence behavior of Newton-type methods for minimizing s…

2012-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

The successful application of general reinforcement learning algorithms to real-world robotics applications is often limited by their high data requirements. We introduce Regularized Hierarchical Policy Optimization (RHPO) to improve data-efficiency for domains with multiple dominant tasks and ultimately reduce require…

2019-06-26abs ↗pdf ↗

Bayesian modeling predicts hydroxide ion conductivity in polymer membranes.

problem Quantitative relationship between hydrophilic domain size and hydroxide ion conductivity in polymer membranes is unknown.
method Bayesian sparse modeling applied to copolymer composition data.
result Composition-derived features are identified as critical for predicting hydroxide ion conductivity.

We introduce a special class of nilpotent Lie groups of step 2, that generalizes the so called HH(eisenberg)-type groups, defined by A. Kaplan in 1980. We change the presence of inner product to an arbitrary scalar product and relate the construction to the composition of quadratic forms. We present the geodesic equat…

2012-07-24abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a construction of cellular BF theory (in both abelian and non-abelian variants) on cobordisms equipped with cellular decompositions. Partition functions of this theory are invariant under subdivisions, satisfy a version of the quantum master equation, and satisfy Atiyah-Segal-type gluing formula with respect…

2017-01-20abs ↗pdf ↗

The study broadens the concept of cyclic polytopes to Veronese polytopes.

problem Extending the framework of cyclic polytopes to a broader class of polytopes.
method Described facial structure and combinatorial characterisation of facets via σ-parity alternating sequences.
result Established a bijective correspondence between combinatorial types of Veronese polytopes and partitions of finite sets.

As deep neural networks become more adept at traditional tasks, many of the most exciting new challenges concern multimodality---observations that combine diverse types, such as image and text. In this paper, we introduce a family of multimodal deep generative models derived from variational bounds on the evidence (dat…

2019-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper, we unify the Markov theory of a variety of different types of graphs used in graphical Markov models by introducing the class of loopless mixed graphs, and show that all independence models induced by mm-separation on such graphs are compositional graphoids. We focus in particular on the subclass of rib…

2011-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Construction of (colored) knot polynomials for double-fat graphs is further generalized to the case when "fingers" and "propagators" are substituting R-matrices in arbitrary closed braids with m-strands. Original version of arXiv:1504.00371 corresponds to the case m=2, and our generalizations sheds additional light on …

2015-06-01abs ↗pdf ↗

This work is an analytical and numerical study of the composition of several fractals into one and of the relation between the composite dimension and the dimensions of the component fractals. In the case of composition of standard IFS with segments of equal size, the composite dimension can be expressed as a function …

2014-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Transformers learn to generalize unseen tasks by composing self-attention layers.

problem How Transformers generalize to unseen, out-of-distribution tasks.
method Examined synthetic examples and pretrained LLMs, focusing on induction heads and latent subspace.
result Transformers can learn hidden rules for unseen tasks by composing self-attention layers, achieving OOD generalization.

We consider smooth bounded surfaces with a smooth boundary and a prescribed background metric g_0. We now consider all metrics g conformal to g_0 which have a prescribed volume M. We now minimize the first eigenvalue of the Laplace operator of g over the metrics conformal to g_0 and having the prescribed volume. We sho…

2012-08-27abs ↗pdf ↗

New geometric approach for analyzing compositional data like gut microbiomes.

problem Analyzing non-negative compositional data with relative values only.
method Reinterpret compositional data as quotient topology of a sphere, using spherical harmonics and reflection group actions.
result Construction of Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space (RKHS) for compositional data.

Study on deep neural networks using branching processes and Mehler's formula.

problem Understanding the mathematical role of activation functions in compositional neural networks.
method Connection between compositional kernels and branching processes via Mehler's formula; new random features algorithm.
result Explicit formulas for eigenvalues of compositional kernels quantify complexity.

Generative processes in biology and other fields often produce data that can be regarded as resulting from a composition of basic features. Here we present an unsupervised method based on autoencoders for inferring these basic features of data. The main novelty in our approach is that the training is based on the optim…

2019-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We establish conditions for compositional generalization in machine learning.

problem Achieving compositional generalization in machine learning models.
method We reformulate compositionality as a property of the data-generating process and derive mild conditions on the training distribution and model architecture.
result Our theoretical framework enables compositional generalization under mild conditions.